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The Urge For Change

April 21, 2019
By wsedgley21 BRONZE, Princeton, New Jersey
wsedgley21 BRONZE, Princeton, New Jersey
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One pull of the trigger,

BAM,

a life gone in a blink.


Thousand of

murders this year alone,


Columbine, Sandy Hook, Stoneman Douglas.

How many children have to die before something

changes?


Martin Luther King Jr, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy.

How many heroes have to die before something

changes?


Blood spewing in the streets,

tears falling down cheeks like raindrops,

bodies slain across the ground.

How many times does this have to happen before something

changes?


Assault Rifle, Automatic Rifle, Shotgun, Submachine gun,

the list goes on and on.

Killing machines as easy to get as

1, 2, 3.


Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans,

all cities tarnished by pulls of a trigger.

How many cities have to be tarnished before something

changes?


Nicholas Dworet, Kimberly Vaughan, Cynthia Tisdale, Cassie Bernall.

Thousands more like these perfect souls

will be added to the list until something

CHANGES.


The author's comments:

This piece talks about the need to quell gun violence.


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